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17yr old Palestinian in top 50 of the World’s Most Influential Muslims

Palestinian teenager Ahed al-Tamimi (C), who was awarded the "Hanzala Award for Courage" in Turkey, is released with her mother Nariman Tamimi (not seen) after 7 months in prison at Israeli check point in Nabi Saleh district of Ramallah, West Bank on 29 July, 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]

January 1, 2019 at 12:28 pm

A teenage Palestinian resistance icon and Malaysian prime minister have been named the Muslim persons of the year in the 2019 edition of the Muslim 500, a list of world’s most influential Muslims.

Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was released in August after an eight-month stint in Israeli custody.

Tamimi has some very bad memories of the Israeli forces who killed, arrested and injured several of her family members in recent years.

17-year-old Palestinian Ahed Al-Tamimi appears in court after she was taken into custody by Israeli soldiers, at Ofer Military Court in Ramallah, West Bank on 1 January 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]

This years’ edition of The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims pronounced Tamimi “a hero on the field”, praising her efforts to defend Palestinian cause.

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